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In reply to the discussion: Dear Local Mall: No wonder so many of your kind are dying off. [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)than having actual physical friends and discussing things with someone in person. You can avoid hassles and exposure to potentially dangerous diseases, establish specific interest and if they prove bothersome, boring or inconvenient - you can with a simple click unfriend them or put them on ignore. It's a lot safer too.
Within my lifetime our shopping as well as much of our socializing has moved from the neighborhood shop, town square and the old downtown, to the plaza on the highway, to the mall, to the superstore and now to online shopping. With each step we moved away another notch from the burdensome chains of actual community and interpersonal relationships. We can now look forward to a world where dealing with actual physical people is rare and only at our convenience .